Hannah Davis (canoeist)
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| Nickname(s) | Han, Shevs, Davo | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 August 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (66 in) (2012) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) (2012) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoeing | ||||||||||||||
| Event | K-4 500 m | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Holdfast Bay Canoe Club | ||||||||||||||
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Hannah Davis (born 11 August 1985 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the K-4 500 m event. She has been selected to represent Australia at 2012 Summer Olympics in the K-4 500 m event.
Personal
Nicknamed Han, Shevs and Davo,[1] Davis was born 11 August 1985 in Adelaide, South Australia.[2][3][1] She attended Mercedes College in South Australia before going to University of Adelaide from 2004 to 2009, where she earned a Bachelor of International Studies.[3] In December 2011, she earned at Masters of Arts in International Relations from the University of Adelaide.[1]
As a child, Davis was a competitive swimmer. This required her to wake up at 5am every morning in order to train.[4] Other sports she participated in as a youngster include running and netball.[4] She is a also surf lifesaver,[5][1] comparing in the sport when not involved with canoeing.[1]
Davis weighs 70 kilograms (150 lb) and is 167 centimetres (66 in) tall.[2][3]
Canoeing
Davis came into the sport through surf lifesaving.[5] She is a member of the Holdfast Bay Canoe Club.[2][3][1] She primarily trains in Adelaide, with a secondary training base in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[3] She has a canoe scholarship with the South Australian Sports Institute and the Australian Institute of Sport.[3][1]
Davis represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 metres event.[2][4][1] Her parents watched her win the bronze medal in China.[4] In the Women's Kayak Doubles, 500 metres event, she finished fifth.[2]
Davis finished 3rd in the K2 200m event and 5th in the K4 500m event at the 2011 World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.[3] She finished 7th in the K4 500m event at the 2011 World Cup 3 in Duisburg, Germany.[3] She finished 5th in the K4 500m event at the 2011 World Cup 2 in Racice, Czech Republic.[3] She finished 1st in the K4 500m event at the 2012 National Championships in Penrith, Australia.[3] She finished 1st in the K4 500m event at the 2012 Oceania Championships in Penrith, Australia.[3]
Davis has been selected to represent Australia at 2012 Summer Olympics in the K-4 500 m event.[4] Before the start of the Games, she and her canoe teammates trained in Italy at the AIS European Training Centre located in Varese.[6][7] Going into the London Games, she is coached by David Foureur who has coached her since 2003 and by Martin Marinov who has coached her since 2007.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Hannah Davis". Canoe Australia. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ a b c d e "Hannah Davis Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "London 2012 - Hannah Davis". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ a b c d e Williams, Tim. "So proud of Hannah". Guardian Messenger. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ a b Lefort, Cecile. "Olympics-Brigden-Jones paddles from Manly surf to London waters". Reuters. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ Flood, Naomi. "London Olympics — Naomi Flood: Settling into life at our Italy base". The Manly Daily. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ Flood, Naomi. "London Olympics — Naomi Flood: The big day is racing ever closer". The Manly Daily. Retrieved 2012-07-05.